hand-cops
A handcuf, manacle
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Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8
þegen-rǽden
The condition of being a þegen, ⬩ service
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Manige men of cyninges þegenrǽdene tó Cristes þeówdóme gecyrdon, Blickl. Homl. 173, 17
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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Cyninga wuldor, meotud mancynnes, Andr. Kmbl. 343; An. 172. Sóðfæst meotud, 772; An. 386. Meotod hæfde miht ðá hé gefestnade foldan sceátas, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 3; Sat. 2. Meotod mancynnes, 223; Th. 293, 22; Sat. 459.
begen
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and add Þæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfullnesse of þǽm folcum bǽm ( utrimque) and þǽr wǽron þá cyningas bégen (ambo reges ) gewundod, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 1-3. Gedó bégea emfela on ampullan, Lch. ii. 30, 18
þeahtere
A counsellor
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Ðæs cyninges þeahteras regis consiliarii, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 25. Gé yfelan þehteras! ic nǽfre mé ne gebidde on eówer god, Nar. 42, 6
wune-ness
a dwelling ⬩ habitation ⬩ continuance ⬩ perseverance
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Ðá sealde se cyning him wununesse and stówe (mansionem) in Cantwarabyrig, 1, 25; S. 487, 18. Hé him sylfum wununesse and wíc geceás ipse locum mansionis elegit, 4, 26; S. 602, 38. Wit oferférdon ðás wununesse (has mansiones) ðara eádigra gásta....
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firdian
march
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Ðá wearð se cyning swá gram ꝥ hé wolde eft in fyrdian, and þone eard fordón, 948; P. 112, 3a. of troops Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn . . . for þan þe hí sceoldon fyrdrian (fyrdian?) swá swá eall folc dyde, Hml. S. 28, ii.
ge-síþcund
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Drihten on ðreó tówearp þá cneordnysse, þæt wæs wælisc (servile) and on cyrlisc cynn (simple) and on gesýðcund cynn (gentle), Angl. xi. 3, 63. of the gesíþ class Gif gesíðcund mon (cf. se gesíð, 5) þingað wið cyning . . . oþþe wið his hláford for þeówe
ge-beór
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Se cyning bebeád þám gebeórum eallum ꝥ hí blíþe wǽron æt his gebeór-scipe, and ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 20. Gemétte hé gebeóras blíðe æt þám húse, . . . and sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod.
scyldig
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Add Beó hé útlah wið God . . . and wið þone cyning scyldig ealles þæs þe hé áge (cf. Wlfst. 271, 26), Cht. E. 231, 16. 2. Add Sió hé healsfange scyldig, Ll.
tó-twǽman
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S. 30, 443. not to allow companionship Oda arcebiscop tótwǽmde Eádwí cyning and Ælgyfe, for þǽm þe hí wǽron tó gesybbe, Chr. 958; P. 113, 24. Gif wit þurhwuniað on mægðháde ... þonne cume wit tó his ríce, and wit ne beód tótwǽmede, Hml. S. 4, 45.
wǽpned-cyn
The male kind or sex
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Ðæt hí má of ðam wífcynne him cyning curan ðonne of ðam wæpnedcynne ut magis de feminea regum prosapia quam de masculina regent sibi eligerent, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22
á-drǽfan
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Hí ðone cyning ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, 874; P. 72, 26: 878; P. 74, 26. Ádrǽf repelle, Hy. S. 23, 35. Ádrǽfen detrudere, An. Ox. 4053. Út ádrǽfende exterminans, 4079. Ádrǽfed explodatur, 814. Wǽre ádrǽfed arceretur, pulsetur, 4886.
gyrwan
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ make ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ adorn ⬩ părāre ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ vestīre ⬩ ornāre
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Cyning mec gyrweþ since and seolfre the king adorns me with treasure and silver, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 10; Rä. 21, 9. Wer and wíf bearn mid bleóm gyrwaþ man and wife adorn their child with colours, 87 a; Th. 327, 14; Vy. 3
tír-fæst
Of assured glory, ⬩ glorious
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Cyning tírfæst cystum gecýþed, Beo. Th. 1848; B. 922. Tírfæst Metod, Cd. Th. 64, 2; Gen. 1044. Tírfæst hæleð, bisceop se góda ... ðam wæs Cyneweard nama, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 7. Tírfæstne hæleð (Moses), Cd. Th. 181, 19; Exod. 63.
traisc
tragicus
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Trojan, perhaps the same meaning is intended here Æfter ðon hé eall gear onwealh Norþan-hymbra mǽgþe áhte nalas swá swá sigefæst cyning ac swá swá leódhata ðæt hé grimsigende forleás and hi on gelícnysse ðæs traiscan wacles wundade dein cum anno integro
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fóre-gísel
A foremost hostage ⬩ principal or eminent hostage ⬩ præstans vel electus obses
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Norþhymbre and Eást-Engle hæfdon Ælfréde cyninge áþas geseald, and Eást-Engle fóregísla vi the Northumbrians and East-Angles had given oaths to king Alfred, and the East-Angles six principal hostages, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 4
IC
I
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I Ic Æðelstán cyningc cýðe I, king Athelstan, proclaim, L. Ath. 1; prm; Th. i. 194, 2. Ic hyt eom it is I; ego sum, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 27. Ic sylf hit eom ipse ego sum, Lk. Skt. 24, 39.
riht-geleáffull
Holding a true belief, orthodox
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Ðæt ríce ðam unrihtwísan cyninge áferran and on ryhtgeleáffulra and on rihtwísra anwald gebringan, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 19. Rihtgeleáffulum orthodoxis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 66
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á-sendan
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Ásend swylcne dóm ofer þá cyningas swylcne hig ofer þone Hǽlend ásendon, St. A. 38, 21-3. Tó wíte ásend mid unsehte relegatus. Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 23. On wræcsíð ásend, Hml. Th. i. 488, 16. Ásend intromittitur, An. Ox. 5118. Add